Q. See questions above. As Tu Bishvat is approaching and one of the fruits traditionally eaten that we serve are olives, often people ask, (as reflected above), if it is correct to eat olives, since the Sages teach that it affects the Torah learning?
How about women who are exempt from Torah learning, are they permitted to eat olives on their salad daily?
A. See the many received questions above, that reflect the intense interest of people in consuming olives in many different common and usual ways, drinks and meals, and the various limitations to the eating avoidance of olives in our days and eating habits.
Piskei Teshuvos (O.H. 170: 18) quotes Sefer Chasisim and Magen Avrohom, Kaf Hachaim and others that permit women to eat olives and other items that are avoided by men, as they may be a source to forget their Torah learning.
Considering all the above limitations to the tradition of not eating olives in our days,
women should not be affected by the above restriction.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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